Posted on 07/10/2004 4:08:09 AM PDT by Mikey
Americans were appalled when Castro nationalized private property in Cuba, and led the nation into socialism. Many but not all Americans were appalled when the governments of Zimbabwe and Namibia confiscated private property for redistribution. But a new generation of Americans has emerged who never learned what socialism is, or why their fathers and grandfathers fought so hard to prevent it in America.
For the benefit of those who didn't learn it in school, < a href = http://www.merriam-webster.com/>Socialism is:
Socialism is overwhelming capitalism in America because socialist policies are called "smart growth" or "environmental protection." The proponents of these policies either fail to recognize or don't care that they are systematically transferring private property to government ownership and control, and are empowering government to effectively "administer" the means of production.
This process is under way across America. Perhaps the most blatant example is in King County, Wash., where a decade-long comprehensive planning process has produced a plan that will . The people whose ownership is being confiscated by government see the plan as pure theft. Led by so-called environmental groups, proponents of the plan have no problem empowering government to take the property of others.
The sanctity of private property is no less violated in King County than it was in Cuba or in Zimbabwe. In other nations, the process is called confiscation or nationalization; in America, it is called "smart growth," or "environmental protection."
The Clinton/Gore administration launched a massive campaign through the President's Council on Sustainable Development to coerce state and local governments to implement the socialist policies recommended in Agenda 21. These policies have been developed through local "visioning councils" and "stakeholder councils," which bear a remarkable resemblance to soviets and are now being imposed on people who have never heard of Agenda 21.
A generation of Americans was never taught why socialism must not succeed in America. Instead, they were taught that the environment must be protected by government, without learning why government must never be allowed to confiscate private property or manipulate free markets. Consequently, private property is being transferred into government ownership or control at an unprecedented rate. Government is meddling in the administration of free markets to a degree that distorts the markets and restrains economic development.
Neither socialism nor communism can succeed as a system of governance; three fundamental faults doom any long-term success. First, no collection of policy-making individuals can muster the wisdom of leadership required to satisfy a diverse population. Second, enforcement of collectivist policies requires government to take from the producers and redistribute to the non-producers. Third, producers become non-producers when they realize the rewards for their efforts are redistributed to others. Ultimately, the system collapses under its own weight, as it did in the Soviet Union.
On the other hand, capitalism in a democratic republic allows the people to change their leadership at will to reflect the wishes of a diverse population. People are free to produce as much or as little as their ability allows in the knowledge that government can take no more than they are willing to pay.
Capitalism crumbles when the majority requires government to restrain the productivity and behavior of others to conform to their will. Both socialism and communism crumble when the majority of people become dependent upon government and demand that government meet their needs.
Socialism is marching across King County, and across America, under the flag of "smart growth," and "environmental protection." It's time to stop the parade.
Henry Lamb is the executive vice president of the Environmental Conservation Organization and chairman of Sovereignty International.
"When an opponent declares, 'I will not come over to your side.'
I calmly say, 'Your child belongs to us already…
What are you? You will pass on. Your descendants, however, now stand in the new camp.
In a short time they will know nothing else but this new community.'"(Emphasis mine)
Adolf Hitler
Socialism can't march if we break it's legs.
And just how do you propose that we accomplish that?
The problem is those legs keep growing back via the rejuvenation skills of liberals and other ignorant people.
I try to teach as many people as I can (both young and old) about the evils of socialism and communism.
I found out (through observations and past experiences) that the more one attacks another's opinions or beliefs, all one ends up doing is driving the other further toward those opinions or beliefs. However if one were to point out the pro's and con's of those opinions or beliefs, then the other (if of course they're intelligent opened minded people) would start to notice that there are more con's then pro's in their beliefs. Than one would have a better chance of getting them to see your point.
That's what's happening in this country now via the public fool school system and the liberal media albeit they're showing only the pro side and NONE of the con side of the issue and the people through their own ignorance are eating it all up without checking to see if they're being poisoned by it.
“The establishment of an American Soviet government will involve the confiscation of large landed estates in town and country, and also, the whole body of forests, mineral deposits, lakes, rivers and so on.” - William Z. Foster, National Chairman of the Communist Party, restating point one of the Communist Manifesto in 1932, “The abolition of private property.”
Bump
Here’s the Encyclopedia Britannica on soviets:
“Soviet: Council that was the primary unit of government in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and that officially performed both legislative and executive functions at the all-union, republic, province, city, district, and village levels.”
In these soviets, unelected and unaccountable commissars and their useful idiots, without help from citizens or the messy give and take of democratic meetings or popular voting, developed utopian plans for the peasants. With the master blueprint in hand, the commissars clanged the meeting bell for all peasants to gather to form a “consensus.” (The word “consensus” is a word heard again and again in “smart growth.”) Those who agreed with the plan would be in the “consensus.” Those who disagreed were ignored. This is how a soviet operates.
The Russian people had a name for this kind of people control. They called it soviet socialism.
It all starts with strong families who insist on a good education. Knowing how to read and write and think for themselves will break the legs of socialism and return sanity to America!
Sit in the streets and stop working.
Millions upon millions of us.
A generation of Americans was never taught why socialism must not succeed in America. Instead, they were taught that the environment must be protected by government, without learning why government must never be allowed to confiscate private property or manipulate free markets. Consequently, private property is being transferred into government ownership or control at an unprecedented rate. Government is meddling in the administration of free markets to a degree that distorts the markets and restrains economic development.Guys, It is VERY important that people with children of school age and college know what THEIR children are being taught in the collective's schools. What passes for education today is stone cold EVIL!!!. Peace and love, George.
Neither socialism nor communism can succeed as a system of governance; three fundamental faults doom any long-term success. First, no collection of policy-making individuals can muster the wisdom of leadership required to satisfy a diverse population. Second, enforcement of collectivist policies requires government to take from the producers and redistribute to the non-producers. Third, producers become non-producers when they realize the rewards for their efforts are redistributed to others. Ultimately, the system collapses under its own weight, as it did in the Soviet Union.
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http://www.dsausa.org/
DSA's "Progressive Caucus" Links below:
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http://bernie.house.gov/pc/members.asp
They are the Enemy Within!!!!
Hi George!!!! It's nice to say hello to you.
FReegards,
D2
The level of economic ignorance in this country is truly astounding. Take government schools - if the government was capable of running a school system than it should be able to run grocery stores. Ask people if they think the government should grocery stores and they will say no. Ask them if the government should run public schools and they will say yes. Ask them to explain why the laws of economics mutate depending on the type of good or service that is being delivered and they will stare at you incomprehensibly.
The same thing applies to health care.
>> It all starts with strong families who insist on a good education
Then we must end government schools. www.sepschool.org
They are making Brown Shirts again but most people today don't know enough history to understand what a Brown Shirt is.
Brilliant!
We have to break its legs. America and the veterans that defend her past, present, and future are the BEST of the BEST.
With an iron rod.
Amen.
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